Category: CMS

As the first Deputy National Coordinator back in 2005-2006, Robert Wah, M.D., the global CMO at CSC, has a particularly informed perspective on the latest announcement from CMS and ONC around Stage 2 MU flexibility Robert Wah, M.D., the global chief medical officer at the Falls Church, Va.-based CSC, has a particularly informed view of…

Surescripts: E-prescribing up, but still faces challenges Surescripts reports that over one billion prescriptions were filed electronically in 2013, accounting for 58 percent of all eligible prescriptions and up 32 percent since 2012. Ex-WellCare CEO Gets Three Years for Medicaid Scheme Todd Farha, the ex-CEO of WellCare Health Plans, is sentenced to three-years in prison…

Many hospital CIOs on FierceHealthIT‘s Editorial Advisory Board expressed disappointment with Tuesday’s proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allowing providers to use the 2011 edition of certification criteria for Stage 1 or Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use incentive program in 2014, calling it confusing and saying it comes too late.…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has put hospitals and critical access hospitals on notice that they may need to provide an electronic health record “navigator” to a state surveyor in order to comply with state survey requirements. read more …read more    

Yesterday, HHS published a new proposed rule that would provide eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals more flexibility in how they use certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to meet meaningful use. The proposed rule, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information…

In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, the governor outlined a plan that he says will expand health coverage for low-income state residents while also giving people more control over their health care choices. …read more    

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT are giving the healthcare industry a reprieve, issuing a proposed rule that would allow providers to use 2011 edition of certification criteria in 2014. read more …read more    

Today’s headlines include the latest reports on various states’ challenges related to expanding the Medicaid program. …read more    

The New York Times reports on a news study concluding that Medicaid surgery patients ultimately cost more than those on private insurance — a finding that may foreshadow what happens as the Medicaid rolls grow under the health law. …read more